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Route from Missoula, MT to east side of Glacier NP?
Planning for a trip next summer, my daughter wants to deviate from
either the TransAm or the Lewis and Clark trail to go over Going to the Sun road in Glacier National Park. Getting there looks like a challenge, as we'll want to go west (no, I don't want to ride it twice), meaning we need to start from the east. The plan is to do it with loaded road bikes, so prolonged 50 mph uphill sprints and single-track aren't viable options. A few minutes with google maps looks like there's two possible routes. The first goes north from Missoula to Columbia Falls, then turns east on US 2 to East Glacier Park, then picking up US 89 going north. The second leaves Missoula on MT 200 going east through Lincoln, then turning north through Augusta to pick up US 89 at Choteau through Browning. Does anyone know these roads well enough to say either route is preferable, viable, or impossible? Pat Email address works as is. |
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Route from Missoula, MT to east side of Glacier NP?
On Jan 7, 10:36*pm, Patrick Lamb wrote:
Planning for a trip next summer, my daughter wants to deviate from either the TransAm or the Lewis and Clark trail to go over Going to the Sun road in Glacier National Park. *Getting there looks like a challenge, as we'll want to go west (no, I don't want to ride it twice), meaning we need to start from the east. *The plan is to do it with loaded road bikes, so prolonged 50 mph uphill sprints and single-track aren't viable options. A few minutes with google maps looks like there's two possible routes. The first goes north from Missoula to Columbia Falls, then turns east on US 2 to East Glacier Park, then picking up US 89 going north. *The second leaves Missoula on MT 200 going east through Lincoln, then turning north through Augusta to pick up US 89 at Choteau through Browning. Does anyone know these roads well enough to say either route is preferable, viable, or impossible? Pat Email address works as is. Impossible would require traffic. And Montana just does not have that much traffic. Consulting http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/ 13 through Missoula, 11 through Glacier national park Routes listed in both: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/?...&doc_id=87&v=p Route: Missoula to Seely Lake to Swan Lake to Kalispell to Glacier National Park - Avalanche campground to St. Mary via Logan Pass to Many Glacier to Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/p..._id=89977&v=4v is the day they take that road. Route: Missoula to Condon to Columbia Falls to Glacier National Park to Browning, Montana |
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Route from Missoula, MT to east side of Glacier NP?
On Thu, 8 Jan 2009 00:34:57 -0800 (PST), "
wrote: On Jan 7, 10:36*pm, Patrick Lamb wrote: Planning for a trip next summer, my daughter wants to deviate from either the TransAm or the Lewis and Clark trail to go over Going to the Sun road in Glacier National Park. *Getting there looks like a challenge, as we'll want to go west (no, I don't want to ride it twice), meaning we need to start from the east. *The plan is to do it with loaded road bikes, so prolonged 50 mph uphill sprints and single-track aren't viable options. A few minutes with google maps looks like there's two possible routes. The first goes north from Missoula to Columbia Falls, then turns east on US 2 to East Glacier Park, then picking up US 89 going north. *The second leaves Missoula on MT 200 going east through Lincoln, then turning north through Augusta to pick up US 89 at Choteau through Browning. Does anyone know these roads well enough to say either route is preferable, viable, or impossible? Impossible would require traffic. And Montana just does not have that much traffic. Mike, well, in my book, impossible might just have a little bit of traffic, enough that you have a great chance of having one logging truck pass you in each direction on a blind curve. Consulting http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/ 13 through Missoula, 11 through Glacier national park Routes listed in both: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/?...&doc_id=87&v=p Route: Missoula to Seely Lake to Swan Lake to Kalispell to Glacier National Park - Avalanche campground to St. Mary via Logan Pass to Many Glacier to Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/p..._id=89977&v=4v is the day they take that road. Route: Missoula to Condon to Columbia Falls to Glacier National Park to Browning, Montana That's the road, but they're doing it in the opposite direction (west to east) from what we were hoping to do. Interesting journal, though, it looks like they started east on TransAm and ended up on the northern tier after Glacier. Pat Email address works as is. |
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Route from Missoula, MT to east side of Glacier NP?
"Patrick Lamb" wrote in message ... Planning for a trip next summer, my daughter wants to deviate from either the TransAm or the Lewis and Clark trail to go over Going to the Sun road in Glacier National Park. Getting there looks like a challenge, as we'll want to go west (no, I don't want to ride it twice), meaning we need to start from the east. The plan is to do it with loaded road bikes, so prolonged 50 mph uphill sprints and single-track aren't viable options. Don't know which route is best, but be aware there are restrictions on bike travel on the Sun road. Best to contact the park to find out what they are. |
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Route from Missoula, MT to east side of Glacier NP?
Don't know which route is best, but be aware there are restrictions on bike
travel on the Sun road. Best to contact the park to find out what they are. from the faqs http://www.nps.gov/glac/ --- Can I ride my bicycle on the Going-to-the Sun Road? Yes, but there are some exceptions. From June 15 through Labor Day, the following sections of the Going-to-the-Sun Road are closed to bicycle use between 11a.m. and 4 p.m.: * From Apgar turnoff (at the south end of Lake McDonald) to Sprague Creek Campground * Eastbound from Logan Creek to Logan Pass. Due to ongoing road rehabilitation on the Going-to-the-Sun Road, portions of the roadbed may not be paved. Bicyclists should use caution riding on gravel portions of the road. --- What section of the Going-to-the-Sun Road will be rebuilt in 2009? In summer 2009, road work is scheduled to occur west of Logan Pass between Haystack Creek and Big Bend. --- a live road conditions map: http://home.nps.gov/applications/gla...roadstatus.cfm --- a higly detailed map http://www.nps.gov/PWR/customcf/apps...i onal%20Park --- read up on the construction schedule. How much fun is it riding up hill at 4 mph in the middle of dozens of cars stacked up behind faster moving lead vehicles. --- Last time I was there, I took a ranger guided day long hike from the Many Glacier Hotel up to Grinnell Glacier. Really was the most fabulous hike. Far more fun than the trip thru the park on the going to the sun road. Included 2 boat rides across Swiftcurrent Lake and Lake Josephine. I did this in mid August. The ranger reported it was the first hike of the season to make it to the glacier since the snow finally melted. yeah, mid august. Summer lasts about 2 weeks up there. |
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